Cultivator attachment.



W. F. BOUD. GULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1913.

Patented se t.30,1 913.

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WILLIAM F. BOUD, OF ADELPI-IIA, NEW JERSEY.

GULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. Bonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adelphia, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cultivator Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cultivator attachments, and it has particular reference to an improved weeder attachment adapted to be applied to and operated by and in connection with an ordinary cultivator.

One object of the invention is to provide a weeder which may be readily applied to or detached from the cultivator and which, when attached, may be readily supported in various positions for operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a weeder attachment adapted to be specially applied to that class of cultivators having a seat supported in rear of the axle on rearwardly extending parallel bars.

With these and other ends in View which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a cultivator having the improved weeder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, enlarged, showing a portion of the cultivator with the weeder in position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improved weeder detached.

Corresponding parts in the several figures.

are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved weeder attachment has a Specification of letters Patent.

Application filed January 11, 1913.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Serial No. 741,505.

ing spring coils 5 formed thereon. The spring teeth are formed of rods of wire of any diameter, the upper ends of said teeth being threaded and extended through apertures in the cross bar 3 on which they are secured by means of nuts 6 adjacent to the upper and under sides of said cross bars.

A rod 7 which connects the side members 1 intermediate the cross bars 2 and 3 sup ports a pivoted handle which is composed of two side members or straps 8 connected and spaced apart at intervals by rods 9, one of which is provided with a wooden spacing sleeve or member 10 constituting a grip portion. The front edges of the handle straps 8 are provided at intervals with notches 11. A spring 12 connects the cross bar 2 of the frame with one of the cross bars 9, the tension of said spring serving to rock the handle normally in a forward direction.

The side members 1 of the frame are provided at their front ends with clips 13 secured by means of bolts 14 and adapted to loosely engage the axle A of the cultivator in connection with which the device is to be used. A cross bar 15 is also provided, said cross bar being detachably mounted on the seat bars B of the cultivator by means of clamp bolts 16 in such a position that when the device is attached to the axle of a cultivator, the cross bar 15 may be engaged by the notches 11 in the handle member of the weeder. 7

It will be readily seen from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing that when the improved weeder has been attached to a cultivator, the operator may readily by manipulating the handle raise or lower the rear end of the weeder, placing the teeth thereof in the desired po sition for effective operation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A weeder attachment for cultivators comprising rearwardly divergent side bars, cross bars mounted on the rear portions of said side bars and having downwardly extending spring teeth, a pivoted spring actuated handle member having notches, means for mounting the front ends of the side bars pivotally with respect to the axle of a cultivator, and a cross bar supported in the path of the spring actuated handle member to be engaged by the notches of said member.

2. The combination with a cultivator having an axle and rearwardly extending seat supporting bars, of a weeder attachment comprising connected rearwardly divergent side bars, clips connected detachably with the front ends of said side bars and loosely engaging the cultivator axle, cross bars supported on the rear port-ions of the side bars,'

downwardly extending spring teeth conneoted with the cross bars, a handle pivotally connected with the frame and comprising side straps having notches at their front edges, a spring whereby the handle member is rocked in a forward direction, and a cross bar supported on the seat supporting bars of the cultivator in the path of the spring actuated handle member and engaged by the notches in the side straps thereof.

In testimony whereof I affi my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. BOUD.

Witnesses t JENNIE F. PATTERSON, Gamma CROXSON.

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